listing agent: On Your Mark, Get Set, Sign It!! - The Plight Of Today's Buyer
- 11/18/09 10:45 PM
Here's the flip side of the coin. So I'm working as a buyer's agent all over San Diego County for these buyers, some have all cash, some with 20% down AND WE CAN'T LAND A HOUSE. At least not yet... I'm following my own advice from my post as a listing agent: Short Sale Listing Agents Are (Not) Jerks!!. We're writing offers on day one of the listing, many times over list price giving the seller control of services (even though in California buyers are allowed a say in whose services are chosen. Yeah right, when pigs fly!). We're signing an umpteen … (23 comments)
listing agent: Cancel This Transaction? What Would You Do?
- 04/21/09 02:24 AM
Back from vacation, I'm ready to close a listing (I'm representing the seller) in the last three days of the escrow period and I get this call from the buyer's agent. "My buyer has been laid off from work and needs to cancel this transaction. Oh and by the way, she wants her deposit back." Welcome home... The tough part for the buyer is she didn't know she had lost her job until her lender received the Verification of Employment stating she had no future employment with the company. She was a single mom, working as a nurse's assistant for many years … (21 comments)
listing agent: My First Active Rain Referral CLOSED!!
- 03/27/09 01:40 AM
Now this was a great transaction! And it all started on my first day in The Rain. Check out the chronology: Feb 10 - Joined Active Rain feeling like Bambi on ice. Set up my profile and posted my first blog entry - Welcome to My Blog. Received a referral alert from Jack Torres of the Homefinding Center in Corona CA. Jumped on it like a hobo on a ham sandwich, interviewed and got the referral. Thanks, Jack! Thanks Active Rain! Feb 12 - Met buyer Ron W. at first house. Thus begins the happy house hunt. We start inland with new … (54 comments)
listing agent: The Basics - How to Get Your Offer Accepted With the First Page of your Purchase Contract
- 03/23/09 03:21 AM
This is a good one for Buyers and Agents alike. How do you get your offer accepted? Follow these simple pointers. 1. Always use the computer generated form, it's more professional looking. In CA we have Winforms, you can fill out all the fields, it's purty. If you can help it, never write a contract by hand. This ensures legibility and listing agent confidence in your attention to detail. Besides, sloppy handwriting sucks. 2. Complete ALL of the pertinent fields. This includes financing (if used). Agents, if you leave this blank you're telling your client, the seller and the other agents you don't know … (8 comments)
listing agent: A little empathy goes a long way...
- 02/26/09 11:44 AM
Here's a good story... My client (an AR referral) and I just wrote the winning offer on a coastal condo, 4 blocks from the sand (and a great surf spot), 2 days on the market, multiple offers on an REO. Of course the power wasn't on during our first look so I assumed we'd ask the listing agent for a little help in turning it on before our inspection this weekend. His response was, "Bro, this bank has me running ragged with 75 listings and I've called SD Gas & Electric, they told me they turned it on to the building … (13 comments)
listing agent: The surfing analogy...
- 02/24/09 03:21 PM
As part of my weekly exercise routine I make it a point to get in the water and surf once a week. Business sometimes takes priority and I don't get out as often as I wish, but I do manage to get out there often enough to clear the mind and put my muscles to work. The one thing that happens without fail while every single time I'm sitting there waiting for the next set or paddling for position I can't help but think of my love for surfing and the analogy it brings to mind in my real estate … (4 comments)
Here's the flip side of the coin. So I'm working as a buyer's agent all over San Diego County for these buyers, some have all cash, some with 20% down AND WE CAN'T LAND A HOUSE. At least not yet...
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